[net.video] x-rated movies

sam@rocksvax.UUCP (Sam Houston) (02/13/84)

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Is there any guide to the multiplicity of
x-rated video tapes?  I just watched my
second ("Flesh Gordon"-sort of picked at
random), and while it was mildly erotic and
funny it was not worth the $2.50 rental fee;
being poorly acted, filmed, directed, written,
etc.

There *has* to be a reason why 25% of the tapes
in my rental outlet are "adult" fare :-)

	sam

stv@qplx.UUCP (Steve Vance) (02/21/84)

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There are two criteria (at least) for evaluating x-rated movies: 
(1) How good it is compared to other motion pictures (plot, 
characters, etc) and (2) its prurience, how aroused you get
while you watch it.  Although both are subjective, I have *never*
seen a good x-rated movie according to criterion (1).  If you are
looking for such movies (heh, heh), you will have a hard time (oops!
sorry) finding any.  With that in mind, places to look for comparisons
between x-rated movies include:

Pocket Books #46844-8 "Adult Movies", $3.95.  Has em all thru '82.
Video Review magazine reviews one or two per month.

This exhausts my list (what kind of pervert do you think I am?), but
I imagine that other magazines would have reviews of x-rated movies;
try Penthouse, Hustler, those kind of magazines.